INSECTS 



NlTIDULID.^ (continued) 



Nitidula bipustulata, L. Under bones, 

 carcases of birds and animals, etc. ; 

 Rather common 



— quadripustulata, F. As the preceding ; 



not common. Darenth TVood^ Black- 

 heathy Chatham^ Sheerness, Whitstable 



— rufipes, L. As the preceding ; rare. 



Darenth Woody Gravesend, Chatham, 

 Sheerness * 

 Soronia punctatissima, 111. At exuding 

 sap, near burrows of Cossus ; not 

 common. Darenth Wood, Chatham 

 Dockyard, Cobham Park, etc. 



— grisea, L. As the preceding, but much 



commoner 

 Amphotis marginata, Er. Old beech trees, 



in runs of Formica fuliginosa ; rare. 



Birch Wood, Maidstone 

 Omosita colon, L. Under bones, etc. ; 



very common 



— discoidea, F. Under bones, etc. ; very 



common 



Thalycra sericea, Sturm. At exuding sap ; 

 near Cossus burrows ; rare. Cob- 

 ham Park, Chattenden, Bromley, Birch 

 Wood, Sandwich 



Pocadius ferrugineus, F. In decaying 

 Lycoperdons and other fungi ; local. 

 Cobham Great Wood, scarce ; Dover 



Pria dulcamarae. 111. On Solanum dulca- 

 mara ; not uncommon, but rather 

 local. Cobham and surrounding dis- 

 trict, Sheerness, Lee, Darenth Wood 



Meligethes rufipes, Gyll. On various 

 flowers, especially hawthorn ; very 

 common 



— lumbaris, Sturm. On Umbelliferas, 



broom and other flowers ; local. 

 Rochester district, not rare on haw- 

 thorn ; Snodland, Darenth Wood 



— fulvipes, Bris. In marshy places on 



Cruciferae and other flowers ; rare. 

 Strood, Chattenden, Darenth Wood 



— coracinus, Sturm. On the flowers of 



Galium and Prunus spinosa ; very 

 rare. Darenth Wood (Rye) 



— aeneus, F. On flowers, especially Cruci- 



fers and Ranunculaceje ; very abun- 

 dant everywhere 



— viridescens, F. With the preceding 



and nearly as abundant 



— difficilis, Heer. On Labiatae, especially 



Lamium album ; locally common. 

 Darland Hill, Chatham, Sheerness, 

 St. Mary Cray, Darenth Wood, 

 Maidstone 



1 This and the preceding species were taken 

 plentifully by Com. Walker in Chatham Dockyard 

 in 1897 and 1898 in a bone laid down for a trap. 



NiTiDULlD.ffi {continued) 



Meligethes kunzei, Er. On Agraphis nutans, 

 Lamium album, etc. ; rare. Chat- 

 ham 



— memnonius, Er. On Labiatae, espe- 



cially Lamium album and Stachys 

 sylvatica ; not uncommon 



— brunnicornis, Sturm. As the preced- 



ing ; not uncommon 



— pedicularius, Gyll. On Lamium al- 



bum and Salvia pratensis ; local. 

 Chatham, Darenth Wood 



— bidens, Bris. On Teucrium scorodo- 



nia ; local. Chatham, Birch Wood 



— umbrosus, Sturm. On Labiatae, Genis- 



tae, Hieracium, etc. ; very local, but 

 not uncommon. Chatham, Seven- 

 oaks, Darenth Wood, Bearsted, Bra- 

 sted, etc. 



— incanus, Sturm. On Echium vulgare ; 



very rare. Darenth Wood, one speci- 

 men (G. R. Waterhouse) 



— ovatus, Sturm. On Labiatae ; not 



uncommon in several localities. 

 Rochester district, rare (J. J. W.) 



— flavipes, Sturm. On Labiatae, etc. ; 



locally common 



— picipes, Sturm. On various flowers ; 



abundant everywhere 



— rotundicollis, Bris. On Trifolium and 



Genista ; very rare. Chatham 



— symphyti, Heer. On Agraphis nutans ; 



rare. Darenth Wood, St. Mary Cray, 

 Chatham 



— serripes, Gyll. On Echium vulgare, 



etc. ; not common. Darenth Wood, 

 Faversham 



— murinus, Er. (seniculus, Er.). On 



Cynoglossum and Echium vulgare ; 

 locally common. Chatham, Maidstone 

 var. planiusculus,Er. Very rare. Birch 

 Wood (Power) 



— lugubris, Sturm. On Thymus ser- 



pyllum, Helianthemum, etc. ; very 

 local. Chattenden, Wigmore Wood, 

 Sheerness, Bearsted, Maidstone 



— obscurus, Er. (distinctus, W. C). On 



Mentha, Teucrium, Cynoglossum, 

 etc. ; local and widely distributed 



— erythropus, Gyll. On Helianthemum 



vulgare, Potentilla tormentilla, etc. ; 

 locally common 



— solidus, Sturm. On Helianthemum 



vulgare, chiefly in chalky places ; 

 local, but not uncommon. Darenth 

 Wood, Chatham, Dart ford. Birch 

 Wood, Bearsted, Faversham, etc. 

 Cychramus luteus, F. On flowers of 

 whitethorn and also in fungi ; not 

 uncommon 



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